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Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBuilding WhatsApp for 3 Billion Users with Alice Newton-Rex"Now, some people are only ever going to want to use WhatsApp to message the people in their life, and they should be able to carry on doing that and have an incredibly simple experience in doing so. But we're increasingly seeing that users want to use WhatsApp for more than messaging close friends and family. It's why we're doing things like business messaging. It's why we built new features like channels and status and updates tab separate from your personal chats. We think that if we carry on getting the core of private messaging right, it also gives us...2025-05-0536 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongHow Databricks Revolutionize Intelligent Enterprise AI in ASEAN with Patrick Kelly" We did a survey with The Economist globally which obviously included Europe and APAC as well. And we asked the question, 'Does my organization's current architecture supports the unique demands of AI workloads.' Basically 85% said, 'No. We don't have the architecture to support it.' Some partially does, but it needs lots of modifications. So we can still feel a lot of people are still in the early stages and that data point ties back to: 85% of GenAI [proof of concepts] has not gone into production. I think that another interesting point is, 'Does your architecture connect AI application? -y...2025-04-0641 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBuilding Networks, Not Just Hiring: The Global Talent Strategy with Mark Reinecke"When I discuss with senior leaders, interview them, or assess them for senior roles, they often come to me, and I ask them: 'What makes you unique? How do you see yourself?' Eighty percent of them tell me what they can't do. They talk about their development needs, and I say, 'Is that how you pitch yourself? Is that what you really bring to the table? You sit with a headhunter and tell me what you can’t do—why not tell me what you’re really good at?' Your exceptional value-add, your competitive advantage—that’s what makes an i...2025-03-2137 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongGambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son with Lionel Barber"They will judge Masa to have been an extraordinarily consequential investor and historic figure in world investing and tech investing because he has made not just spectacular bets—but he's made so many people rich. I mean, with other people's money. All these founders, he's given them money, he's been an enormous disruptor, and he's built global businesses. He's built a huge business in Japan on the mobile operator. So for all these reasons, I know he sometimes feels dissatisfied with his legacy, and he's now trying to build his greatest legacy in the march to artificial general intelligence. Maybe th...2025-03-0238 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongScam Inc: How a $500B Crime Industry is Impacting the World with Sue-Lin Wong"We're all vulnerable. And I hadn't thought about that previously. I thought, oh, it's only a small group of people who might fall for this. What I've learned is actually [that] these scammers are so sophisticated. They have so much money. Based on my reporting, this industry, you know, is maybe more lucrative than the illicit drug trade, and these criminal syndicates might be making over 500 billion US dollars a year. So that means they have access to the latest technology, whether it's voice cloning or face changing software. They can buy the latest in AI tools. they can stay seve...2025-02-1644 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongThe eFishery Scandal and its impact to Southeast Asia with Kristie Neo"So that was back in 2021. And then after Revolution Precrafted, there was Zilingo in 2022, and then Tanihub and Investree - which were P2P lenders in 2023(24) - and then eFishery. So actually every single year we've been getting pretty big blow ups. But as I was looking at the cases for each of them, one thing I've noticed is the sophistication of the fraud is actually becoming more advanced." - Kristie Neo Fresh out of the studio, Kristie Neo, an independent journalist covering tech and venture capital, joins us to dissect the rise of startup fraud in Southeast Asia...2025-02-0947 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongHow Agentforce is Transforming Businesses in ASEAN with Sujith Abraham"What's the point if it's a fast platform, but I still have to go somewhere else? And the last thing is speed. Right now, especially in our region, it's a land grab. When we think about some of the fastest-growing economies in the world—Indonesia, for example, Vietnam, the Philippines—you have hundreds of millions of people here. What we see in every customer I speak to is interest in how they use our platform to move faster, to deploy AI. They don't want to have to build a foundation level of AI, integrating all those elements themselves. They want to d...2025-02-0238 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongUndivided Ventures: AI, Sustainability & Data Centre Technologies with Ariel Shtarkman" Now, the beauty about the real estate industry, if you look outside and you look at the commercial buildings, you have a lot of data generated on a daily basis. The challenge is, what do you do with this data? How do you mine this data in a smart way to give you better investment decisions going forward [or] better decisions on how you run the building? Where are the opportunities to reduce your expenses? On the climate side, how do you reduce your operational carbon? How do you make those buildings better? I think that here, Gen AI, can he...2025-01-2644 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongVirtuals Protocol and the intersection of Agentic AI & Web3 with Jansen Teng"What does great look like? For us, it's being able to achieve this vision of a society of agents. So, if you can show clearly the economic value of a society when agents can influence other agents, agents can influence humans, and humans can influence agents, that would be something that I'll be very proud to say that we've accomplished. Because that's the beauty of really combining breakthroughs on the AI, on the autonomous agent front, and the value add of crypto. This is one of those very rare moments that crypto has that true potential value add, right? As...2025-01-1458 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongWhy Southeast Asia Matters with Gullnaz Baig"People always ask us this question, what can I learn from that country? People ask us about this from the report especially when we're talking to policymakers, or what should I learn from Malaysia? What should I learn? The thing to learn is to not learn to replicate exactly. But the thing to learn is sort of what are the principles behind what works for them. What are your comparative advantages, Every country needs to be asking that for themselves. So for Vietnam, comparative advantages are things like proximity to China, and an ability at a geopolitical level to navigate between...2025-01-0151 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongThe Transition to Electric Buses: The KMB Experience & Philanthrophy with William Louey“ Yeah. We plan to replace the fleet by 2040. We can't scrap all of them now because each bus lasts 18 years. So we have the depreciation for 18 years. They're all from the U.K. All the buses are from the U.K. All the double-deckers. That's the only country that makes double-decker buses, and it's the same as Singapore. All the double-deckers are from the U.K. Because of COVID, when we replace all these diesel buses with electricity, you need a lot more power and electricity to accommodate this. So the government has to work with us. But today, we can...2024-12-1744 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongThe China Business Conundrum with Ken Wilcox"But what I didn't realize is that the main reason they wanted us in China was so that they could study our business model and figure out how to copy it over time. And that was something I wasn't expecting, but I should have. If I were less naive, And if I were better prepared, I would have realized that was the intention. So the original title, the working title I had for my book, which I had to change because the publisher didn't like it, my original title was 'One Bed, Two Dreams' (同床异梦). Because that's a phrase that most Chinese ar...2024-12-0358 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongExtraOrdinary: From Stay-at-Home Mom to Global Entrepreneur with Yvon Bock"So, my definition of being fearless is not about no fear, but it's having that courage to face your fear, to conquer whatever adversities that are thrown your way. it is part of the entrepreneur journey. We are always faced with fear of failure. Self Doubt is how to pick up our courage and face them and use these challenges to become your catalyst for innovation, the catalyst for growth, the catalyst for your success." - Yvon Bock Fresh out of the studio, Yvon Bock, Founder and CEO of Hegen, shares her inspiring journey from stay-at-home mom to world-class...2024-11-2642 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongUnlocking the Power of Generative AI in Dow Jones with Ingrid Verschuren"So, we are very conscious of the fact that we license the content from other publications. And as I mentioned previously, we do that through licensing agreements. We are transparent with the publishers about what happens with their content. We ensure that they are being fairly compensated for the content that we use. But, as a result, when we started talking about how we wanted to use Gen AI, we actually felt that we had an obligation to go back to publishers and ask for additional licensing rights. Part of that, I think, is driven by the fact that Dow...2024-11-1931 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongFrom Research to Real-World Impact: AI in Action with Sun Sumei"The efficiency on top of the efficacy because it is critical that we will achieve this balance of cost and performance. And in addition to that, I think one more aspect we are putting emphasis is actually how, in the new era of AI, all pervasive intelligence and pervasive connectivity, how do we bring human, AI, and machine into a cohesive coexistence and also cohesive collaboration so that we are able to have actually the AI machine support human, empower human, and at the same time. We look at actually the design of the workflows so that we are able...2024-11-1426 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongThe e-Conomy Southeast Asia 2024 Report with Sapna Chadha, Fock Wai Hoong & Florian Hoppe"The key message of the report is that the fundamentals of this region are critical, they’re clear, and businesses are doing exactly, I think, what they need to do for us to move ahead." - Sapna Chadha "Given that one of the other themes we’ve had this year is trust, having a strong regulatory foundation and good constructs around that for digital financial services is critical to unlocking the next wave of growth here." - Florian Hoppe "All 10 ASEAN nations have announced their own national strategic AI initiatives or plans, and ASEAN itself has actually released a report and...2024-11-0541 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongData Centres in the Era of AI with Jay ParkFresh out of the studio, Jay Park, Chief Development Officer of Digital Edge, explores the rapidly transforming landscape of data centres in the Asia-Pacific region. Kicking off with the story of Jay’s remarkable career in building cutting-edge data centres, we dive into the explosive growth fueled by AI and the innovative cooling and energy solutions Digital Edge is pioneering to address environmental challenges. Jay also examines the impact of advanced AI chips on next-generation data centre engineering and shares his vision of what great would look like to design efficient and sustainable infrastructure in one of the world’s fa...2024-10-2948 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongResetting Expectations on Southeast Asia with Arnaud Bonzom"So that's why if you have 1 billion to invest, we're not expecting the same return as if you invest 10 million. At that time, when all this money flowed to Southeast Asia, people there thought, "Oh, we made it. Now the world is looking at us. We're finally a good ecosystem.' Everyone was ready to invest in us, but that was just the tide, right? And when the tide recedes, the first place the money will leave is Southeast Asia because it's not offering the best returns. So, the money is going out, and I don't think it's coming back...2024-10-231h 05
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongLearnovate, AI and EduTech with Joon Nak Choi"The humans are going to be empowered to become superheroes like Tony Stark, and because you have your loyal A.I. assistant, Jarvis, doing all this stuff in the background, that's the example I always use when I give lectures on this topic. What ends up happening is that you need to make sure you can use A.I. correctly. If you offload too much, offload inappropriately, or become too dependent on AI for tasks where you shouldn't be dependent, then suddenly, you're no longer Tony Stark. You're one of those fat human descendants in Wall-E. The ones who can't...2024-10-0755 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAI, Creativity and the Human Element with Tan Siok Siok"Well, I think AI makes us, makes me more human in terms of understanding that nirvana or the ultimate achievement is not to be perfect. The ultimate achievement is to be authentic, present, and yourself. I guess it exists in this human dimension. One of the things you realize is that when something is too perfect, whether it's your selfie or something you've written, people start to distrust it. Right now, if I generate or design something, or if I write something and it sounds too fluent and flawless—without accent, pauses, or mistakes—people might suspect that it's not Siok...2024-09-2347 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongDisrupting E-Commerce: How Shein and Temu are Challenging Amazon's Reign with Jing Yang"Temu was launched in the US, their first market in September 2022. That is when Shein just started to gain a lot of traction. There's a lot of attention being paid to Shein. In the beginning, many people thought that Temu was a copycat of Shein because they both sold goods from China using this direct-from-China shipping model. However, I think the competition has evolved quite differently now, and Temu has done business and operational innovation that has made others, including Shein, have to catch up." - Jing Yang Fresh out of the studio, Jing Yang, the Asia Bureau Chief...2024-08-121h 05
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongHow Netflix bring Asian Content to the Global Audience with Minyoung Kim“The most important lesson that I have learned is really Know your audience. You need to really understand your audience, and what they want because oftentimes the content executives make the mistake of programming for themselves rather than the audience. And I actually went through the exact same mistake when I first started, because I believed what I like is what audience like. So I think that's like the number one rule, really trying to understand the audience. That is number one. And as an individual, for me. I don't think it's only in Asia. I think globally building a re...2024-06-1837 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongGoogle & Sustainability in Europe with Adam Elman"We have these very ambitious goals and we've spoken about a few, but there are many others in Europe. In particular, the E.U. and countries like the U.K. have very ambitious climate goals. For Google, we want to be part of the solution. So, good for me is, we make progress on our goals in our own operations, but we really want to help others. And we actually have this as a global goal rather than a regional goal, an ambition to help others save a "gigaton" worth of emissions every year from 2030 onwards. A "gigaton" is the...2024-06-1331 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongExecutive Coaching in the Asia Pacific with Parin Mehta"I don't like to work with someone unless they're intrinsically motivated to do it. And so what I mean by that is, I don't think this is a service that you should sell to people. They should demand it and then they're looking in the market for someone to work with them. So I don't like to go out there and sell it per se. And so I used to get some early inbound from boards or investors to say, "Hey, we've got this person. We think they're struggling or we think they've got a bit more potential, they need...2024-06-0453 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongProduct Management in a Scale-Up with Isaac Tay"If I were to summarize it, your job as a product manager is to deliver the right product to the right users, to solve the right problems at the right time. Now, your role is very contextual because you will focus on different parts of that statement, depending on the founders, the stage of life of the company, which industry it is and everything else. There are some core functional skill sets that you can't run away from, and you must have them. But I don't think there is a cookie-cutter template on what you must do to succeed in...2024-05-141h 06
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongDeploy and PropTech in 2024 with Jordan Kostelac"I think the biggest learning that I had, and, by extension, JLL [Jones Lang LaSalle] in my last capacity was that it's not sufficient to take these companies and then just let them in the door. You can't hand one of your business clients the keys and expect them to drive. So, one of the first cohort companies in Urban Lab was a robotics company, and we created a revenue-sharing agreement with them any property that you get into through us, there's a revenue share. But the downstream incentives weren't sufficient enough. We didn't provide enough tools to people who...2024-05-0154 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAkamai Cloud Computing & The Age of Edge AI with Jay Jenkins"So already this year we've rolled out 10 of these regions. So two in APJ and Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. But 75 of these locations by the end of the year along with our core computing regions will give us 100 locations where customers can run these workloads, and we're not going to stop there. So we're going to have hundreds of these regions over the next few years, and we're going to focus on those locations where hyper-scalers don't have compute. Africa and South America, for example, have been extremely underserved when it comes to computing capabilities. There's a huge potential...2024-04-1745 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSaison Capital and Real World Asset Monetization in Crypto with Qin En Looi"The one thing that has become quite clear in Asia, at least it's direct to retail - the government is not ready. The market is not ready. And there still needs to be a very high level of consumer protection. A lot more of a B2B-to-C approach. Where, let's say today's Web3 companies will need to partner up with existing licensed entities, whether they be licensed startups or even licensed institutions to provide their offerings to the retail. That's actually really good. Because it provides safeguards. We saw what happened last time when we didn't have those safeguards. So...2024-04-0946 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongDigital Report 2024 and why Generative AI did not show up this time with Simon Kemp"The key thing that I realize every time I look at the data is that the media is telling us a lot of nonsense. I think that the one thing I know is that the data tells a very different story to the media headlines. So I suppose my advice there is, never to accept clickbait at face value. If you're building a marketing plan, do your due diligence, and check the data because the data always surprises me. The one thing I know is that I'm always surprised. There's your key takeaway.” - Simon Kemp Fresh out of th...2024-04-031h 07
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongIs TikTok going to be banned in the US? An Asian Perspective with Jing Yang"If we assume that happens, I'm sure TikTok, let alone ByteDance as a company as a whole, will survive - and maybe even continue to thrive after this. Because, let's put things into perspective, right? TikTok has more than 1 billion users globally and then the US represents just a little over a 10th of that, 170 million. So I'm not saying that it's not going to impact TikTok and ByteDance. But does it pose an existential threat? Probably not. I believe given we already talked about how ByteDance has been super profitable. I think that, even if they get banned in...2024-03-2647 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongDon't Ignore Asia Tech with Catherine Shu"When I wrote about it, in addition to assuming that all Asia tech companies, particularly in China, were copycats of Western companies, I think there are also a lot of misperceptions about how easy it is to enter a market, especially when they're an Asian market, especially when there are incumbent players already. For example, Uber failed. Basically, they failed. That's a harsh word, but they failed in both China and Southeast Asia, where they were acquired by Didi in China and Grab in Southeast Asia. And then Facebook really fell flat on its face with a lot of markets...2024-03-2050 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongWill the stocks from China recover & Asian Century Stocks with Michael Fritzell“Let's remember if the leadership wants to do something, they have all the tools at their disposal and I don't think that they will want to underwrite massive unemployment. I think the Chinese leadership wants stability above all. So I will not rule out any kind of stimulus and perhaps it would look different than in the past. It will not go through the popular market, but it could well happen that you will see greater lending, perhaps in a select industries like autos or semiconductors, whatever it might be. But I've seen so many cycles at this point. I st...2024-02-2752 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongThe 3AC Demise with Kyle Davies"What we did instead is we did not. The market rallied. We were just clouded in our judgment and we were not scaling the firm the way we should have. So that was probably one big one. The other one was after the liquidation I should have just had blinders on to the media and focused on creditors only and probably just had a round table and said these are what I think the options are. What do you think the options are? And if that were the case I think we probably wouldn't be in bankruptcy. We would've found...2022-12-0851 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAnalyse Asia & China with Carol Yin & Bernard Leong"So, because I think the way I've always been thinking about this podcast is (as) a brand, I think we talked about it just now, the quality of the guests we curate is now a challenge for everyone who wants to get onto the show as well. And I've been very methodical about the selection of guests. I would rather have no episodes, but the quality of the guests must be there. And I'm very mindful of that and the topics I want to go for (are) very deep." - Bernard Leong Fresh out of the studio a...2022-11-1154 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongGlobal Coin Research & Web3 101 with Joyce Yang, Jin Kang & Daniel Kim"I want GCR to build its brand verbally from the founders that we support. And we don't even ever have to promote ourselves at any point, it's that founders are able to recognize our value- add, or introduce us to projects and identify our unique position, that we can support them in ways that VCs or crypto investors cannot do. It's something that I think will really speak to the hard work that we do without ever having to promote ourselves." - Joyce Yang Fresh out of the studio, Joyce Yang, Jin Kang and Daniel Kim from G...2022-02-191h 27
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongWhat just happened to the Tech Giants in China? with Shai OsterIn episode 345, Shai Oster, Asia Bureau Chief from the Information joined our returning host, Bernard Leong to answer the most important question in Asia, "What just happened to the Chinese tech giants?" We dived deep on why they are facing a regulatory crackdown and its downstream impact not just to Chinese tech CEOs stepping down from their jobs but also to the successful US companies from Apple to Tesla that are based in China. "What Alibaba and Tencent have done is created national banking infrastructure. In China, national infrastructure is a national security. It's like highways, it's like...2021-10-0755 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAsk Me Anything (AMA) with Bernard LeongIn our episode 300, our host Bernard Leong will be interviewed on everything under the sun on Analyse Asia. With the interview conducted by Carol Yin, co-producer of the podcast, Bernard started with a couple of major announcements for Analyse Asia. Next, Bernard answered many interesting questions posed from the audience of the show such as: (i) the evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Southeast Asia, (ii) who will win the race between Grab and Gojek, (iii) fun and interesting facts about the podcast from how Bernard selects his guest to getting a prominent guest on the show via a...2019-06-0147 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAsk Me Anything (AMA) with Bernard LeongIn our episode 300, our host Bernard Leong will be interviewed on everything under the sun on Analyse Asia. With the interview conducted by Carol Yin, co-producer of the podcast, Bernard started with...
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Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 299: Can we invest into technology companies from China? with James HullJames Hull, co-host of China Tech Investor podcast and founder of Hullx, joined us to discuss whether we can invest into technology companies from China. We start our conversation with James' background and how he came to China and work in the realm of investments with different funds and capital groups. James explained how he assembled together a portfolio of technology companies and discuss the major misconceptions about investing into Chinese companies. Last but not least, we dig deeper into the Chinese technology companies in the ecommerce category, Luckin Coffee's IPO and Tencent's future prospects in gaming. ...2019-05-2351 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 298: Employee to Entrepreneur with Steve GlaveskiSteve Glaveski, host of Future Squared podcast and founder of Collective campus, returns to our podcast to discuss his latest book "Employee to Entrepreneur: How to earn your freedom and do work that matters" and offered his thoughts to how the podcasting movement in Asia Pacific is evolving. We dived deep into why and how Steve wrote the book and his thoughts on how one should build the entrepreneurial mindset in his or her career. Podcast Information: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Himalaya Spotify Libsyn Google Play Overcast FM SoundCloud Twitter Facebook Video Facebook Page Linkedin Stitcher C...2019-05-1644 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 297: Gojek vs Grab - Dawn of the Super App with Jon RussellJon Russell, reporter from TechCrunch, joined us in a conversation about the continuing war between Gojek and Grab with the dawn of the super app. We started our conversation on Honestbee's recent predicament, the growth in series B-D funding for startups across Southeast Asia and Eduardo Saverin's B-Capital recent raising of 406M for their fund. Then we dived deep into Grab vs Gojek and their narrative from fundraising valuation to the paradigm of super app, and discuss whether each of them can pull it off with their different strategies from Grab's financial services to Gojek's multiple acquisitions in the...2019-05-1029 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 224: Nokia Networks, Smart Cities and IoT with Danial Mausoof - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongDanial Mausoof from Nokia joined us in a conversation to discuss the company’s current focus in carrier networks, the upcoming 5G networks and Internet of things (IoT) initiatives across Asia. He discussed how Asia businesses and governments are currently figuring out the strategy behind their IoT & smart cities initiatives, where the key applications currently The post Episode 224: Nokia Networks, Smart Cities and IoT with Danial Mausoof appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-12-1728 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 223: Tata Communications & Perspectives on IoT & Mobility with Anthony Bartolo - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAnthony Bartolo from Tata Communications joined us in a conversation on mobility and Internet of Things (IoT) and their impact on the enterprise level across Asia Pacific. Anthony begin the conversation on his work with Tata Communications and how carrier networks and IoT are changing the landscape in asset management and other applications such as The post Episode 223: Tata Communications & Perspectives on IoT & Mobility with Anthony Bartolo appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-12-1239 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 222: The SoftBank Vision Fund with Tim Culpan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongTim Culpan from Bloomberg joined us in a two part conversation on the high impact news from Asia’s movers and shakers. In the second part of our conversation, Tim covered Japan’s SoftBank US$100B Vision Fund and discussed the mission, vision and structure behind this massive fund that is poised to overshadow all the venture capital The post Episode 222: The SoftBank Vision Fund with Tim Culpan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-12-0432 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 221: The Toshiba Chip Unit Deal with Tim Culpan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongTim Culpan from Bloomberg joined us in a two part conversation on the high impact news from Asia’s movers and shakers. In the first part of our conversation, he covered the backstory, drama and conclusion to the Toshiba’s chip unit deal and examine why Apple is involved with at least two of the major bidders. The post Episode 221: The Toshiba Chip Unit Deal with Tim Culpan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-12-0126 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 220: Digital in Asia Pacific 2017 Part 2 with Simon Kemp - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSimon Kemp, founder & CEO of Kepios and global consultant from We Are Social, joined us in a two part discussion on the state of digital in Asia Pacific. In the second part of our conversation, we discussed the emerging social media trends that spanned across China, Japan & Korea and rest of Asia Pacific. The post Episode 220: Digital in Asia Pacific 2017 Part 2 with Simon Kemp appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-11-2938 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 219: Digital in Asia Pacific 2017 Part 1 with Simon Kemp - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSimon Kemp, founder & CEO of Kepios and global consultant from We Are Social, joined us in a two part discussion on the state of digital in Asia Pacific. In the first part of our conversation, Simon discussed the major trends that have emerged in his report distilling from global to Asia and why voice The post Episode 219: Digital in Asia Pacific 2017 Part 1 with Simon Kemp appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-11-2523 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 218: Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific with Xu Haoliang - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongXu Haoliang, Assistant Secretary General for the United Nations and Director, Regional Bureau for Asia & the Pacific joined us in a conversation to discuss sustainable development in the Responsible Business Forum 2017. We discussed how the UNDP are working with different stakeholders from businesses, NGOs and UN agencies on the sustainable goals and how The post Episode 218: Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific with Xu Haoliang appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-11-2325 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 217: Brinc, Hardware & IoT in Asia with Bay McLaughlin - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBay McLaughlin, COO and co-founder of Brinc joined us in a conversation to discuss the evolution of his company, Brinc and where it is now heading across Asia from China to southeast Asia and other parts of the world. In our conversation, we dived deep into major trends and challenging issues on hardware and Internet The post Episode 217: Brinc, Hardware & IoT in Asia with Bay McLaughlin appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-11-1727 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 216: Indian Titans Leadership Crisis with Andy Mukherjee - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAndy Mukherjee from Bloomberg Gadfly joined us in a conversation discuss the recent Indian titans leadership crises from the Tata Group & Infosys. We discussed the business structure, key people, background and recent corporate governance troubles behind the Tata Group & Infosys and discuss whether these issues will percolate to the rest of the other The post Episode 216: Indian Titans Leadership Crisis with Andy Mukherjee appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-11-1031 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 215: Stripe in Asia and the Startup Stack with Piruze Sabuncu - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongPiruze Sabuncu from Stripe joined in a conversation to discuss the company’s footprint across Asia and how they are helping the startups from Asia to scale to the rest of the world. We discussed their recent one year anniversary celebrations where they unveiled the startup stack and the key tools which most startups are using The post Episode 215: Stripe in Asia and the Startup Stack with Piruze Sabuncu appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-11-0423 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 214: #AskGaryVee & Vayner Media in Asia with Gary Vaynerchuk - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongGary Vaynerchuk is here to discuss his companies: Vayner X and Vayner Media and his insightful perspectives on entrepreneurship and family business. We dived deep into his understanding of social media from US to Asia and how it has evolved, his life principles in bridging strategy & execution with a customer centric driven approach. Last The post Episode 214: #AskGaryVee & Vayner Media in Asia with Gary Vaynerchuk appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-10-2929 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 213: China’s Belt and Road Initiative with Robert Koepp - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongRobert Koepp from the Economist corporate network joined us in a conversation to discuss the government of China’s Belt and Road initiative. We discussed the impact of the Belt and Road initiative to the Asian economies and the geopolitical, trade and financial risks that potentially impact China’s most important infrastructure project across Asia and Europe. The post Episode 213: China’s Belt and Road Initiative with Robert Koepp appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-10-2742 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 209: The Thailand Startup Ecosystem with Michael Waitze - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongMichael Waitze, founding partner of Metaliq & host of Asia Tech Podcast joined us in a conversation to discuss the Thailand startup ecosystem. We discussed the interesting startups, incubators, accelerators and investors in Thailand and explore how the nascent ecosystem is evolving in the past few years. Last but not least, we discussed how the The post Episode 209: The Thailand Startup Ecosystem with Michael Waitze appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-10-0442 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 208: Microsoft Enterprise in Asia Pacific with Ricky Kapur - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongRicky Kapur, the general manager from the Enterprise Group in Microsoft, Asia Pacific joined us to discuss the footprint of the Microsoft Enterprise in Asia Pacific. Ricky discussed how Microsoft is working with companies in Asia, leveraging on their technologies in cloud computing, AI and Internet of Things to tackle digital transformation & disruption. Here The post Episode 208: Microsoft Enterprise in Asia Pacific with Ricky Kapur appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-09-2837 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 207: The Shenzhen Startup Ecosystem with Jan Smejkal - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongJan Smejkal, China & Asia Pacific community director of Startup Grind joined us to discuss the Shenzhen startup ecosystem in China. He provided an comprehensive overview of the interesting startups, incubators, accelerators and venture capital firms within Shenzhen and most importantly, how the major players such as Huawei and Tencent are currently interacting with them. The post Episode 207: The Shenzhen Startup Ecosystem with Jan Smejkal appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-09-2132 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 206: Carousell & Scaling in Asia with Marcus Tan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongMarcus Tan, co-founder and president of Carousell joined us in a conversation on his company which he co-founded and where it is heading after their series B round with leading investors such as Rakuten Ventures & Sequoia Capital. We discussed the humble beginnings of Carousell as a mobile marketplace and how the company has scaled The post Episode 206: Carousell & Scaling in Asia with Marcus Tan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-09-1729 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 205: Qtum Foundation from China to Global with Patrick Dai - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongPatrick Dai, co-founder & chairman of Qtum foundation joined us in a conversation to discuss the backstory behind Qtum Foundation. We discussed the mission and vision of Qtum as a open source blockchain project emerging from China and now armed with a global team that is spread across the world. We discussed the technologies and The post Episode 205: Qtum Foundation from China to Global with Patrick Dai appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-09-1327 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 204: Myth Busters, the China Edition with John Artman - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongJohn Artman, editor in chief for Technode and host of China Tech Talk podcast joined us to debunk the narratives on China that has been propagated from different parts of the world. We began with his story and how he came to China. In our discussion, we dissect the different myths about the Chinese government, The post Episode 204: Myth Busters, the China Edition with John Artman appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-09-0144 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 203: Weibo is not Twitter of China with Matthew Brennan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongMatthew Brennan from China Channel & host of China Tech Talk podcast joined us on a discussion on Sina Weibo and why it is not the “Twitter” of China. We discussed the origins, the products, revenue & business models in Weibo, and how it was spun off from its parent company, Sina. Matthew also explained The post Episode 203: Weibo is not Twitter of China with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-2727 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 202: Japan Startup Ecosystem in 2017 with James Riney - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongJames Riney from 500 Startups, Japan joined us in a conversation to discuss the evolution of Japan startup ecosystem. We discussed where the 500 Startups Japan fund is now, some interesting tidbits on what is happening with the ecosystem there, and his perspectives on payment startups versus banks & whether ICOs will displace venture capitalists. The post Episode 202: Japan Startup Ecosystem in 2017 with James Riney appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-2320 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 201: Cherubic Ventures & Taiwan Startup Ecosystem with Tina Cheng - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongTina Cheng from Cherubic Ventures joined us in a conversation about the firm’s investments across the region from Greater China to US. We discussed the mission, vision and management team behind Cherubic Ventures and discuss how they looked at founders & startups as an early stage investor. Last but not least, she also shared her The post Episode 201: Cherubic Ventures & Taiwan Startup Ecosystem with Tina Cheng appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-1829 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 200: Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongOur host, Bernard Leong is on the hot seat for this special 200th episode to be interviewed by Charles Reed Anderson. Bernard discussed his day job, his time in Singularity University at Silicon Valley last year and work achievements to date. In the same conversation, he offered his perspectives in how the major ecommerce battles The post Episode 200: Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-1337 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSpecial Episode: BAT in Southeast Asia with Bernard Leong on China Tech Talk - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBefore the special episode 200, we have a special episode from China Tech Talk hosted by John Artman from Technode & Matthew Brennan from China Channel where our host Bernard Leong was recently chatting about the entrance of Baidu, Alibaba & Tencent in Southeast Asia. In the conversation, we discussed the chronology to how the The post Special Episode: BAT in Southeast Asia with Bernard Leong on China Tech Talk appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-1153 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 199: Vectr Ventures in Hong Kong with Alan Chan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongAlan Chan joined us in a conversation to discuss his firm, Vectr Ventures in Hong Kong and offer his perspectives on the Hong Kong startup ecosystem. He shared his investment thesis & his insights in how he work with the startups as an investor. Last but not least, we discuss his interest and work in The post Episode 199: Vectr Ventures in Hong Kong with Alan Chan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-0932 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 198: Samsung Electronics in 2017 with Jan Dawson - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongJan Dawson from Jackdaw Research, host of Beyond Devices and Tech Narratives podcast joined us in a two part conversation discussing the tech narratives of the technology giants in Asia & the Korean chaebol: the Samsung Group. In the second of the two part conversation, we discussed the Samsung Group, and how the business is The post Episode 198: Samsung Electronics in 2017 with Jan Dawson appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-0322 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 197: Tech Narratives with BAT & Softbank in Asia with Jan Dawson - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongJan Dawson from Jackdaw Research & host of Beyond Devices and Tech Narratives podcast joined us in a two part conversation discussing the tech narratives of the technology giants in Asia & the Korean chaebol: the Samsung Group. In the first of the two part conversation, he discussed the motivation behind creating the Tech Narratives The post Episode 197: Tech Narratives with BAT & Softbank in Asia with Jan Dawson appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-08-0129 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 196: Apple WWDC 2017 and its impact on Asia with Ben Bajarin - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBen Bajarin from Creative Strategies & Techpinions joined us in a two part conversation on post Google I/O & Apple WWDC 2017 and its impact to Asia. In the second part of our conversation, we discussed the major announcements from Apple WWDC 2017 and how their focus on Homepod, AR Kit and hardware will influence The post Episode 196: Apple WWDC 2017 and its impact on Asia with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-07-2924 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 195: Google I/O and its impact to Asia with Ben Bajarin - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBen Bajarin from Creative Strategies & Techpinions joined us in a two part conversation on post Google I/O & Apple WWDC 2017 and its impact to Asia. In the first part, we discussed the major announcements arising from Google I/O 2017 with the focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented / virtual reality (AR/VR), the The post Episode 195: Google I/O and its impact to Asia with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-07-2828 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 194: Bitcoin and Blockchain in China with John Riggins - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongJohn Riggins from BTC Media joined us in a conversation on the latest happenings of bitcoin and blockchain in China. We discussed the chronology in how bitcoin became mainstream in the Chinese technology ecosystem. John also shared the major players in China who are leveraging on bitcoin mining and exchanges, the applications of blockchain technology The post Episode 194: Bitcoin and Blockchain in China with John Riggins appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-07-2020 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 193: Reliance Jio in India with Navkendar Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongNavkendar Singh from IDC India joined us on a discussion about the up and rising telco, Reliance Jio in India. We discussed the mission, vision, business structure of the company and its relation to the Reliance Group conglomerate in India, and how they have managed to grow their network within a short span of time The post Episode 193: Reliance Jio in India with Navkendar Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-07-1423 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 192: Asian Airlines in Crisis & Rise of China Aviation with Paul Papadimitriou - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongPaul Papadimitriou, host of Layovers podcast & founder of Intelligencr, joined us in a conversation to discuss the crisis of Asian airlines and the rise of China aviation. We discussed why the top Asian airlines such as Cathay Pacific & Singapore Airlines are facing challenges with their models disrupted by new upstart airlines, and the The post Episode 192: Asian Airlines in Crisis & Rise of China Aviation with Paul Papadimitriou appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-07-1041 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 191: The Taiwan Startup Stadium & Ecosystem with Holly Harrington - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongHolly Harrington, general manager from Taiwan Startup Stadium joined us on a conversation about the Taiwan startup stadium & ecosystem. We discussed the mission and role of Taiwan Startup Stadium with entrepreneurial ecosystem in Taiwan, the up and coming startups & the nascent investor ecosystem in Taiwan. Last but not least, she discussed the interesting The post Episode 191: The Taiwan Startup Stadium & Ecosystem with Holly Harrington appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-07-0131 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 190: Nintendo & Smartphone Gaming in Japan 2017 with Serkan Toto - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSerkan Toto, CEO of Kantan Games Japan, joined us in a conversation to discuss Nintendo’s progress and the smartphone gaming space within Japan in 2017. We began with a conversation on Nintendo’s recent forays with mobile gaming, the surprise success of the Nintendo Switch console and how Niantic’s Pokemon game has spurred their growth in The post Episode 190: Nintendo & Smartphone Gaming in Japan 2017 with Serkan Toto appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-2423 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 189: Corporate Innovation in Asia Pacific with Steve Glaveski - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSteve Glaveski, founder of Collective Campus & host of the FutureSquared podcast joined us in a conversation to discuss corporate innovation in Asia Pacific. We discussed the concept of corporate innovation and how companies from Asia Pacific are thinking about disruption as a whole. Last but not least, we discussed the backstory behind Steve’s award The post Episode 189: Corporate Innovation in Asia Pacific with Steve Glaveski appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1740 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 188: The Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem with Jay Kim - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongJay Kim, host of the Jay Kim show & author of “Hack Your Fitness”, joined us to discuss the chronology of the rise of the Hong Kong startup ecosystem. He discussed the chronology of the Hong Kong startup ecosystem and how it has transformed into a vibrant scene with a few enthusiasts and the entry The post Episode 188: The Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem with Jay Kim appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1443 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 187: Toutiao with Matthew Brennan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongMatthew Brennan from China Channel joined us in a fascinating conversation on Toutiao, one of the new emerging mobile apps focused on AI and their applications in news and information. We discussed the chronology, product & services and business models behind Toutiao’s rise among the 2nd wave of technology giants (Toutiao, Meituan-Dianping & Didi) in The post Episode 187: Toutiao with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1425 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 186: BAT from China to Silicon Valley with Liza Lin - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongLiza Lin, technology reporter from Wall Street Journal joined us in a conversation on the three important technology giants of China: Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, aka the BAT and their influence from China to Silicon Valley. We discussed their ongoing battles in the lifestyle, deals and online to offline spaces and their upcoming battlegrounds from The post Episode 186: BAT from China to Silicon Valley with Liza Lin appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1424 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 185: SeedPlus & Venture Capital with Michael Smith & Tiang Lim Foo - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongMichael Smith Jr and Tiang Lim Foo, partners from Seedplus joined us in a conversation to discuss their recent closing of US$20M for their fund and where they are heading next. We also chatted about their daily lives as venture capitalists, how they worked with startups across Southeast Asia & India from market expansion to The post Episode 185: SeedPlus & Venture Capital with Michael Smith & Tiang Lim Foo appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1429 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 184: Competing Against Luck with Karen Dillon - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongKaren Dillon, one of the authors from the book “Competing against Luck” joined us in a conversation to discuss the “jobs to be done” framework and why it is important about customer choice and innovation in disruption theory. She also discussed how organizations can be jobs focused and how companies should be listening to their The post Episode 184: Competing Against Luck with Karen Dillon appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1421 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 183: The Apple Supply Chain in Asia with Tim Culpan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongTim Culpan from Bloomberg Gadfly joined us in an interesting discussion to shed a light on Apple’s supply chain in Asia. We discussed Apple’s recent Q2 2017 earnings and its impact to Asia, the tight schedule in how Apple and their suppliers such as Foxconn, TSMC and Samsung operate before the major launch of their The post Episode 183: The Apple Supply Chain in Asia with Tim Culpan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1428 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 182: Salesforce and Innovation in Asia Pacific with Rob Wickham - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongRob Wickham, Regional Vice President, Innovation and Digital Transformation, from Salesforce joined us to discuss the footprint of the company and their recent published report on innovation in Asia Pacific. We discussed the major priorities and challenges in how Asian companies are contemplating in digital transformation and the forces that are holding back innovation. Here The post Episode 182: Salesforce and Innovation in Asia Pacific with Rob Wickham appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1327 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 181: Ant Financial with Zennon Kapron - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongZennon Kapron from China Fintech & Kapron Asia joined us in a conversation to discuss the Ant Financial, one of China’s largest finance companies. We discussed their vision, mission, leadership & financial services after their spinoff from Alibaba Group. We dissect their global expansion strategy particularly with their recent attempt to acquire Moneygram and investments into The post Episode 181: Ant Financial with Zennon Kapron appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1329 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 180: The Upstarts with Brad Stone - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBrad Stone, senior executive editor of Bloomberg LP and author of his new book, “The Upstarts”, joined us for a discussion on the back story of Uber and Airbnb and their evolution in the sharing economy. Brad shared his impressions of Cheng Wei, founder of Didi Chuxing in China and offered his perspectives on Airbnb’s The post Episode 180: The Upstarts with Brad Stone appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1334 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 179: The Pulse of Livestreaming in China with Rhea Liu - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongRhea Liu from China Tech Insights, Tencent joined us in a conversation on the pulse of live-streaming in China. We discussed the business structure & supply chain of livestreaming companies within China, the chronology on how the whole business have evolved from the desktop to mobile and what is likely to happen in 2017. Here are The post Episode 179: The Pulse of Livestreaming in China with Rhea Liu appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1329 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 178: The Evolution of Wechat Ecosystem with Matthew Brennan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongMatthew Brennan from China Channel joined us in a conversation on the evolution of the Wechat ecosystem. In the second part of our conversation, we discussed their international strategy, the competition for the attention of wechat users by brands and businesses, the progress of the mini-programs and what to expect this year in their product The post Episode 178: The Evolution of Wechat Ecosystem with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1322 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 177: The Wechat Ecosystem – Growth, Ads & Payments with Matthew Brennan - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongMatthew Brennan from China Channel joined us in a two part conversation on the evolution of the Wechat ecosystem. In the first part of our conversation, we discussed the potential slowdown of Wechat users growth, their main revenue drivers, advertising and payment products with advertising and payments with a huge growth in their market share The post Episode 177: The Wechat Ecosystem – Growth, Ads & Payments with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1323 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 176: Smartphones and Demonetisation in India with Navkendar Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongNavkendar Singh from IDC joined us for an interesting discussion on the coverage of smartphones brands and the impact of the demonetisation event in India. We covered the profile of the typical India smartphone user and their usage patterns. We discussed Apple, the Asian OEM brands from China to Korea and local Indian brands and how The post Episode 176: Smartphones and Demonetisation in India with Navkendar Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1333 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 175: The Tipping Point for IoT in Asia with Charles Anderson - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongCharles Reed Anderson from Charles Reed Anderson & Associates joined us for a conversation to discuss the tipping point on Internet of Things (IoT) that is converging in Asia. We discussed how Asian governments are currently changing their smart cities strategies and look at the convergence between business enterprises and vendors within the IoT ecosystem. The post Episode 175: The Tipping Point for IoT in Asia with Charles Anderson appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-06-1322 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 155: 5 Predictions for Asia in 2017 with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSameer Singh from App Annie and our host Bernard Leong offer their five predictions to what will rock the Asia landscape in 2017 and examine side events that hit the road ahead after a turbulent and unpredictable 2016. We discuss: (a) Softbank’s gambit with Sprint & T-Mobile, (b) Asia messaging apps vs Facebook & Whatsapp The post Episode 155: 5 Predictions for Asia in 2017 with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2017-01-0419 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 154: The 5 Major Events in 2016 with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSameer Singh from App Annie and our host Bernard Leong discuss the five major events which rocked the Asia landscape in 2016: (a) Softbank’s acquisition of ARM for US$32B, (b) Pokemon Go, (c) Uber and Didi’s deal in China, (d) the Indian unicorn startups apocalypse & (e) the ecommerce war between Amazon & Alibaba in The post Episode 154: The 5 Major Events in 2016 with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2016-12-2926 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 84: The Five Predictions on Asia in 2016 with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongStarting the new year, Sameer Singh, author of Tech-Thoughts.net and our host Bernard Leong discussed the five predictions on Asia technology landscape 2016 in the second part of the two-episodes arc. Building on their earlier conversation on the five major events that rocked 2015, they forecast the events in 2016 which will shape the technology landscape The post Episode 84: The Five Predictions on Asia in 2016 with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2016-01-0126 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 61: SparkLabs & Startup Hubs with Bernard Moon - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongWith Bernard Moon from Sparklabs Global Ventures and SparkLabs accelerator, we discuss their recent report “Global Technology Trends and Startup Hubs 2015” and its implications to technology startups in this year. We start with Bernard’s journey as a startup operator to an early stage investor and mentor to startups from Silicon Valley to Korea and The post Episode 61: SparkLabs & Startup Hubs with Bernard Moon appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-09-2333 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong15 Minutes Beta Episode 3: FirstRide - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongBernard and Justin talk all things India and cars with the ever exciting Prasoon, CTO of FirstRide. Prasoon lends great advice to young entrepreneurs looking for problems to solve: look at what annoys you in your own life! India’s burgeoning middle class is increasingly looking to buy cars, as Prasoon explains, car ownership is a The post 15 Minutes Beta Episode 3: FirstRide appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-09-0611 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong15 Minutes Beta Episode 2: Bakipa - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongIn an exciting chat, Bernard and Justin talk with Marigold and Tom, the founders of Bakipa. As we learned in the show, Bakipa stands for Babies, Kids and Parents as the marketplace caters to all three! In this revealing discussion, Marigold talks about the success of the duos Facebook campaigns and varying strategies to monetize The post 15 Minutes Beta Episode 2: Bakipa appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-09-0110 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong15 Minutes Beta Episode 1: Taembe - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongIn the inaugural episode of 15 minutes, Bernard and Justin talk to Don Phan, founder and CEO of Taembe.com (ta-um-bey). The trio discuss the the evolution of e-commerce in Vietnam, a key factor in Taembe’s success. Don also provides insight about Vietnam’s demographics, making it ripe for Taembe and ecommerce in general. We also discuss The post 15 Minutes Beta Episode 1: Taembe appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-08-2911 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 55: From Alphabet to Uber and 1 Year on with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSameer Singh, our first guest on the podcast, joined us to discuss all things business and technology from Alphabet to Uber. We began instead with an interview our host of the show, Bernard on his reflections on the first year of Analyse Asia to the future plans of the podcast including the upcoming launch of The post Episode 55: From Alphabet to Uber and 1 Year on with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-08-2652 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 40: Is there a bubble in Asia? with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSameer Singh from Tech-thoughts.net, also a long time recurring guest, joined Bernard for an awesome discussion on post Google I/O and Apple WWDC 2015, and how some of the announcements from the two major conferences of the year will impact Asia as a whole. We have a brief and short chat on Softbank’s recent launch The post Episode 40: Is there a bubble in Asia? with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-06-2445 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 25: The Apple Watch Conundrum in Asia with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSameer Singh from Tech-Thoughts is back for an interesting discussion with Bernard Leong on the three major topics which dominate the Asian technology and business landscape. Discussing in depth the Apple Watch conundrum, they explained why there are flawed misconceptions from western analysts on the Apple Watch market in Asia. The discussion also revolved around The post Episode 25: The Apple Watch Conundrum in Asia with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-04-0348 min
Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongEpisode 12: New Questions in Mobile, the Asia Edition - Analyse Asia with Bernard LeongSameer Singh (@sameer_singh17) from Tech-Thoughts.net comes online with our host Bernard Leong (@bleongcw) to discuss and debate with an Asian perspective on Benedict Evans’ recent piece “New Questions in Mobile”. We first return to a lost discussion where we discuss Uber and its recent problems in Asia and categorically provide an answer to some US The post Episode 12: New Questions in Mobile, the Asia Edition appeared first on Analyse Asia.2015-01-1049 min